Half a day ago.

The murderous aura in the Blood Mountains became heavier and heavier, and the vampires who had been sleeping awakened one by one. Although the vampires didn't say anything, the friends could probably guess what the so-called "Operation Heavy Dà" was: they were waging a massive invasion campaign.

At this tense moment when "the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings", the bloodsucking prince Dekra, who has disappeared for a few days, appeared in front of Sophia again.

"Huh?" Sophia looked past the Vampire Prince, only to see that his back was empty, "Where's Owen?

"By the way, where did you get Owen?" Cassius was also uneasy.

"That little guy has just learned something new, and it will take him a little bit to get used to it. ”

"New thing?" Sophia and Cassius looked at each other, "What did you let Owen do?"

"We'll talk about that later. The Prince of Vampires stared at Sophia with deep, cosmic black eyes, "Come with me, and I'll let you know something important that has a lot to do with you." ”

After saying that, he turned to leave, and after walking a few steps, he looked back at Cassius: "You can come with you." ”

A few minutes later, Sophia, Cassius, and the Vampire Prince, the three of them were at the highest point of Dawning Villa, witnessing the sunset in the west.

"Your Royal Highness, you didn't call me and Sophia just to watch the sunset. Cassius seemed to be suffering from his brother's acute sub-infection and couldn't stand the relative silence.

"Sophia, 13 years ago, the Central Church provoked an invasion of your kingdom, and you know the truth behind the invasion. ”

"Hmm. When it comes to the "Hansha Rebellion" 13 years ago, Sophia remembers it vividly, she doesn't want to reminisce about that painful past, but she also wants to solve some of the mysteries. Duris had told her that the Central Church was behind the invasion of the Kingdom of Pole, and they encouraged the Kingdom of St. Aurufe and the Fayle Empire to form an alliance with traitors within the Kingdom of Pole to overthrow the rule of the Madans.

Sophia also thought that it was Duris's excuse for herself, but through the relationship with the king, Sophia found that Duriss was not the kind of person who dared to do it. Recalling what Duris said, and the past when the two paladins came to hunt her down, Sophia said an answer that she didn't want to believe, but was closest to the truth: "The Central Church destroyed the Pole Kingdom, probably for me." ”

"Definitely. The prince nodded slightly, "There are two reasons why the Central Holy See wants to overthrow your country and kill your family, the first reason is because you are the 'Stigmata'. ”

"How could it be? Didn't you say that the 'Stigmata' had a more honorable status in the Holy Light Cult than the Pope and the Holy Maiden of Radiance? Cassius next to him chimed in.

"Haha...... How can you be so naïve. The prince laughed dumbly at Cassius's ignorance, "If you were the Pope, would you allow another person to step on your head?"

"This ......" Cassius was speechless, as if he recognized his short-sightedness.

"Since the founding of the Holy Light Cult, although the number of 'Stigmata' is small, their appearance has a certain pattern. Every 295 years, a 'Stigmata' will be born on the three continents of Olopa, which is also the basis for the previous Light Believers to find the 'Stigmata'. However, since the papal faction squeezed out the Holy Maiden's sole power in the central Synod, the 'Stigmata' has never appeared again. In fact, it is not that there have been no 'stigmatists' in the past 1,600 years, but that they were found by the Pope's people shortly after they were born, and then killed in infancy. ”

"I ...... That's why I killed my father and my two brothers. Hearing the prince say this, Sophia clenched her fists, and suddenly she hated the enviable and powerful "Stigmata Power" in her body, and if she had a choice, she would rather not be a "Stigmata", but an ordinary girl, and her father, brother, Uncle John, and countless people who died in the "Hansha Rebellion" would not lose their lives.

"So what's the second reason?" Cassius quickly drew her attention away to prevent Sophia from falling into excessive self-reproach.

"The second cause has a causal relationship with the first. Sophia, the reason why you were not killed by the Central Curia when you were a baby, but after the age of 7, is because you were born into the family of the monarch, and your father sealed your 'stigmata power' at the beginning of your birth in order to protect you, and maybe the Central Church did not discover your secret until you were 7 years old. And to seal the 'power of stigma', there is only one thing in the world that can do it. The Prince uttered a familiar term, "Star Key." ”

"What?" Sophia and Cassius shuddered at the same time at the hearing of the word.

"You guys reacted like this, it seems that you already knew what the 'Star Key' was?"

"Yes. Cassius said, "It's a tool that can break any seal, and it can also break the connection between the two worlds. 2,000 years ago, the Demon Army was able to invade Olopa because the Poseidon used 10 'Star Keys' to open the door to the Demon Realm. ”

"Why am I involved with that kind of thing?" said Sophia, in a deep voice.

What happened in the Snowy Federation a few months ago is vivid, and Sophia doesn't even want to mention the names of the things that can summon the demon Satan, although there is a bond between her and Teacher Angel.

"Now that you know, I don't have to take the time to explain. I spent most of my time asleep, but that doesn't mean I don't know anything about what's going on on Olopa. In recent decades, I have noticed that the Central Church has intensified its efforts to collect the 'Secret Keys of the Stars' scattered around the world. And after you were born, your father secretly used the 'Star Key' to seal your 'Stigmata' in order to prevent the Central Church from discovering that you were a 'Stigmata', and successfully concealed it for almost 7 years, until the war that happened 13 years ago. It is conceivable that the Central Church is chasing after you, in addition to getting rid of you, the 'Stigmata', but also wanting to obtain the 'Star Key', killing two birds with one stone. ”

"Wait a minute, since it is true that the old king's sealing of Sophia's 'stigmata power' must have been carried out in secret, how did you find out?" Cassius spotted a problem in the prince's words.

Sophia took over and said, "And how can you conclude that the 'Star Key' must have been used? As far as I know, the Star Key can be replaced by something else. Speaking of this, she felt a chill when she thought of the 666 children who had died in the "Apocalyptic Code Blood Array".

"I'm not guessing. The Vampire Prince took out a yellowed envelope and handed it to Sophia.

"It's ......" Sophia took the envelope suspiciously, and inside was an old, moth-bitten piece of yellowed paper, on which there were no upper and lower paragraphs, only a few lines written in beautiful font and a date.

Cassius leaned his face over and read out the contents of the letter:

"In order to prevent the energy in the little princess's body from killing her, I came to seal it with two Star Secret Keys, and I have set off immediately. Before I arrive, please make sure to set up the barrier so that it will not be discovered by the Holy See. Remember. March 20, 1668. ”

"When Duris became king, he found it in the imperial study of the palace. Although it is not known who the author is, the recipient can be sure that it is your father, King Valivi XI. It was because of this letter that I mistakenly thought that you were my royal sister Korista. Now I know that what your father wanted to seal back then was not the dark curse of Korista, but your 'stigma'. The Prince explained the origin of the old letter.

Sophia was not interested in knowing how the letter had come into the hands of the Vampire Prince, and her eyes fell on the date in the letter, "March 20, 1668 AD", less than a month after her birth. If this letter is really written to her father, then the "little princess" in the letter is undoubtedly Sophia herself.

"How do we know if this letter is true or not?" Cassius questioned the letter.

"No! the letter must be true. Before the prince could reply, Sophia had firmly affirmed the authenticity of the letter, "because I know who wrote it." ”

"What are you talking about? ”

"It's the teacher. Teacher Angel. Sophia caressed the words on the letter, and she almost recognized it at a glance, it was the handwriting of her mentor St. Angel, "This is a letter from Teacher Angel to her father." ”

"Ah?" Cassius was taken aback, and he thought of the veiled, but warm priestess, with whom Cassius had not been with him for long, but was very impressed, and that St. Angel and his mentor Reguno were important companions, who had lived and died together.

"Unexpectedly, the bond between me and Teacher Angel turned out to be no accident, it was tied as early as when I was born. Teacher Angel ...... "Sophia couldn't control her tear ducts anymore, and hot tears dripped down the letterhead.

"Sophia, what are you going to do in the future?" asked the Vampire Prince.

"I don't know. Sophia shook her head, if she wanted revenge, she could even forgive the murderer of her second brother, Duris, and it was not impossible for her to forgive the central church, the initiator of this qiē. Although she had said that she would fight the Central Curia to the end, it was because her companions had been harmed, and if it turned into the target of her own revenge, the nature of the struggle would have changed radically.

"Sophia, in a few hours, I will lead the Blood Clan to attack the heart of the Central Church, the Holy City. ”

"Why do you want us to sue us, are you asking us to join the attack on the Holy City?" asked Cassius.

"Nope. It is up to you to decide whether or not to collect the debt from the Central Church. I just hope that the three of you humans can be witnesses to the great war. The prince put his hands behind his back and looked at the remnant sun, looking like he was admiring this beautiful scenery for the last time, "The Battle of the Holy City will be the most difficult battle of my life. If I am unfortunately killed in battle, someone must tell the world what happened there. ”